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Eugenio Torre
E Torre 
Photography courtesy of Philippine Chess.  

Number of games in database: 1,606
Years covered: 1968 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2417 (2423 rapid, 2343 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2560
Overall record: +565 -304 =705 (58.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 32 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B50 B83 B31 B30 B22
 Queen's Pawn Game (115) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Ruy Lopez (46) 
    C64 C92 C77 C84 C99
 French Defense (39) 
    C02 C07 C09 C04 C00
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E15 E17 E12 E16 E14
 Orthodox Defense (28) 
    D58 D61 D55 D50 D51
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (107) 
    C99 C80 C92 C77 C65
 Pirc (100) 
    B08 B07 B09
 King's Indian (84) 
    E62 E97 E73 E82 E92
 Slav (70) 
    D17 D14 D12 D10 D18
 Sicilian (68) 
    B42 B30 B57 B56 B43
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (58) 
    C99 C92 C91 C97 C96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Ogaard vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Karpov vs E Torre, 1976 0-1
   Tal vs E Torre, 1987 0-1
   E Torre vs Romanishin, 1988 1-0
   E Torre vs Ljubojevic, 1976 1-0
   Larsen vs E Torre, 1973 1/2-1/2
   Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 0-1
   E Torre vs Karpov, 1984 1-0
   E Torre vs Petursson, 1985 1-0
   E Torre vs J Tarjan, 1983 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship Final-B (1969)
   Melbourne Zonal (1975)
   Marlboro Chess Classic (1977)
   Manila (1979)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Jakarta (1978)
   Cleveland (1975)
   Chigorin Memorial (1980)
   Australian Open 1986/87 (1986)
   Biel Interzonal (1985)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1988)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 59 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 60 by 0ZeR0
   Eugenio Torre BEST GAMES by Gottschalk
   Filipino Masters vs World Champions by mikevg
   Biel Interzonal 1985 by suenteus po 147
   Nikki KID by reurbz
   Baku 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Asian Continental Blitz
   E Torre vs Praggnanandhaa (Jun-15-19) 0-1, blitz
   E Torre vs D H Nguyen (Jun-14-19) 1-0
   E Torre vs W Chu (Jun-13-19) 1/2-1/2
   K Y Chan vs E Torre (Jun-12-19) 1/2-1/2
   R Huang vs E Torre (Jun-11-19) 1-0

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EUGENIO TORRE
(born Nov-04-1951, 73 years old) Philippines

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Eugenio Torre was born in Iloilo City, the Philippines and is the strongest Filipino chess player of his generation. He reached a peak world ranking of 20 in January 1983 and was in the world's top 100 players for most of the period from 1975 until 1992. (1) At the age of 60, he remains ranked among the top players in the Philippines.

Awarded the IM title in 1972, Torre quickly ascended the ranks, and has the distinction of being the first Asian to earn the title of International Grandmaster. He accomplished the feat at the age of 22 when he won a bronze medal on board 1 at the 21st World Chess Olympiad held in Nice, France in 1974. Torre has been a veteran of the World Chess Olympiad for four decades, playing in every Olympiad since 1970 (except for 2008), playing top board for his team in every Olympiad between 1972 and 2004 inclusive, and leading the Philippine team to 7th place at the 1988 Thessaloniki Olympiad. Altogether, he has won three individual Olympiad bronze medals. Torre also participated in most of the early Asian Team Championships, invariably playing top board and invariably winning one or two medals. He lead the team to three consecutive gold medals during the games held in 1977, 1979 and 1981, to silver in 1983, and gold again in 1986. He also won 4 consecutive individual gold medals in those years and finished with a bronze medal for both the team and himself in his last stint at the Asian Team Championships, played in Kuala Lumpur in 1993.

He beat Anatoly Karpov in Manila in 1976, one of Karpov's few losses during his championship reign. Torre qualified for the Candidates round in 1984 but lost to Zoltan Ribli. He was a friend of Robert James Fischer, playing some training games with him and acting as a member of his team during Fischer's 1992 match against Boris Spassky. Later he conducted radio interviews with Fischer on <Bombo Radyo> of the Philippines. He also established the Eugene Torre Chess Foundation and the Eugene Torre Chess Center, which aim to discover and develop hidden talents from the Philippines' provinces. He was an early coach of Wesley So.

Philippines top 100 http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtm...; (1) http://www.schachchronik.de/ratings...; (2) http://philboxing.com/news/story-84...

Wikipedia article: Eugenio Torre

Last updated: 2023-12-26 19:36:48

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 page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,606  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Torre vs Gligoric 0-1511968Manila MeralcoC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
2. R Naranja vs E Torre 1-0641968Manila MeralcoE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. R Balinas vs E Torre 1-0921968Manila MeralcoB20 Sicilian
4. B Berger vs E Torre  1-0491968Manila MeralcoA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
5. R Reyes vs E Torre  0-1361968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
6. G Badilles vs E Torre  1-0711968Manila MeralcoE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
7. E Torre vs E De Castro  0-1401968Manila MeralcoC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
8. E Torre vs J Lobigas  ½-½421968Manila MeralcoB27 Sicilian
9. S Aguilar vs E Torre  0-1231968Manila MeralcoB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
10. E Torre vs N Estimo  1-0301968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
11. E Torre vs K A Lim  ½-½481968Manila MeralcoB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
12. Lee Keng Cheong vs E Torre  ½-½351968Manila MeralcoB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
13. E Torre vs P Rasmussen  1-0431968Manila MeralcoC61 Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
14. C Benitez vs E Torre  ½-½221968Manila MeralcoB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. E Torre vs R Rodriguez  0-1371968Manila MeralcoB03 Alekhine's Defense
16. W Hug vs E Torre  ½-½501969World Junior Championship qual-2B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
17. E Torre vs Karpov ½-½771969World Junior Championship qual-2C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
18. K Payrhuber vs E Torre  ½-½471969World Junior Championship qual-2B25 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Torre vs R M McKay  0-1321969World Junior Championship qual-2B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. A Sznapik vs E Torre  0-1461969World Junior Championship qual-2E97 King's Indian
21. E Torre vs J Fridjonsson  1-0471969World Junior Championship qual-2B07 Pirc
22. S Bouaziz vs E Torre  ½-½201969World Junior Championship Final-BB02 Alekhine's Defense
23. E Torre vs E M Green  ½-½491969World Junior Championship Final-BC93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense
24. J Kristiansen vs E Torre  0-1361969World Junior Championship Final-BE73 King's Indian
25. E Torre vs L Ogaard  ½-½251969World Junior Championship Final-BB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Sep-26-13  pinoymaster77: Hi Kap sugardom,
Ayos yan, just continue practicing your lines, medyo may gamit ka nga with the superPC ahehe.

I think pulsar has tried about twice sa Executive and mukhang nagustuhan, magumpisa na siguro mag-init...

Si nano baka busy pa, di naman pinapadala sheriff as sugo... sana mag sponsor muna sya ng GETS / BW ahehe

Sep-27-13  kardopov: Gud morning to everywan.
Sep-27-13  spawn2: <kards>

Good morning too! How time flies, today the opening ceremony of the BOGM 6th edition will start at Rizal Memorial. Tomorrow will watch rd 1.

Sep-28-13  spawn2: BOGM 1st round starts at 2 pm. Pairings have not been posted yet in chess-results.com but got info from a friend that it will be GM Eugene "Living Legend" Torre vs IM Manny "The Senator" Senador
Sep-29-13  lakers4sho: live updates would be nice, positions etc.
Sep-29-13  wordfunph: 1st round live game! thanks to <spawn2>..

Torre - Senador
2013 Battle of Grandmasters
Rizal Coliseum, Philippines
Sep. 29, 2013

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Re8 9.Rad1 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rexd8 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Rxd8 Rxd8 15.Rd1 Nd4 16.Kf1 a6 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.c3 c5 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Bg5 Rd7 21. Ke2 Nc7 22.Bg4 Ne6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24. Kd3 Kf7 25.Rc1 e5 26.Rc8 Ke6 27.Bd2 Bf6 28.Ba5 h5 29.Rc7 Rxc7 30.Bxc7 g5 31.f3 Be7


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Partial Official Results:

Barbosa-Paragua 1/2
Antonio-Barcenilla 1/2

Sep-29-13  spawn2: Thanks a lot pards <wordfunph>.

To continue the moves of the Torre vs Senador:

32.Ba5 g4 33.Bd2 gxf3 34.gxf3 Bd6 35.Bc1 b5 36.h3 Bc7 37.Bg5 Bb8 38.Bh5 Kf6 39.Bc1 Bc7 40.a4 Bb8 41.axb5 axb5 42.Bd2 Bc7 41. Bc1 Bb8 1/2-1/2

Sep-29-13  lakers4sho: How was the Barbosa-Paragua game? Quick draw?
Sep-29-13  spawn2: <laker4sho>

It went beyond 30 moves. Pawn structure got locked up. Barbosa has King and BSB vs Paragua's King and Knight.

Sep-29-13  lakers4sho: I wish they'd update chess-results already
Sep-30-13  spawn2: Hopefully with the National Youth tournament over (it ended yesterday), NCFP will be able to concentrate on the ongoing 6th edition of the BOGM. 2 rounds today (9:00 am and 3:30 pm)
Sep-30-13  lakers4sho: Darwin laylo losing a lot lately
Sep-30-13  spawn2: In the 3rd Indon Open which will start on the 9th of October, below are the foreign GMs who have signified their intention to play:

GM Sandro Mareco Argentina 2570
GM Avetik Grigoryan Armenia 2580
GM Enamul Hossain Bangladesh 2445
GM Vadym Malakhatko (GM) Belgia 2531
GM Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria 2496
GM Nigel Short England 2684
GM Hoang Thanh Trang Hungaria 2493
GM Balogh Csaba Hungaria 2640
GM Abhijeet Gupta India 2593
GM Gopal G Narayan (GM) India 2527
GM Shyam Sundar M. India 2536
GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly India 2630
GM Sandipan Chanda India 2609
GM Vaibhav Suri India
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Iran 2549
GM Gundavaa Bayarsaikhan Mnglia 2500
GM Tsegmed Batchuluun Mongolia 2529
GM Ivan Sokolov Netherland 2634
GM Eugenio Torre Philippines 2462
GM John Paul Gomez Philippines 2511
GM Mark Paragua Philippines 2577
GM Oliver Barbosa Philippines 2573
GM Laylo Darwin Philippines 2497
GM Alexander Cherniaev Rusia 2416
GM Alexey Dreev Rusia 2668
GM Ivan Ivanisevic Serbia 2638
GM Renier Vasques Spain 2601
GM Dimitri Komarov UAE 2518
GM A.R. Saleh Salem UAE 2570
GM Aleksandr Moiseenko Ukraine 2706
GM Jaan Ehlvest USA 2578
GM Anton Filippov Uzbekitan 2630
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Venezuela 2661
GM N.T. Son Vietnam 2625
GM Dao Thien Hai Vietnam 2500
GM Cao Sang Vietnam 2477

Sep-30-13  spawn2: According to reliable sources, the reason the results cannot be posted in chess-result.com is that they tourney is using the Pichay-Torre Scoring System. 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 0 point for a loss. What is special about this scoring system is that for stalemate situation which is a draw, the stalemated side will earn .5 point and the opposition will earn 1.5 points. Hope I got it right.

Anyways, NCFP should find a way to provide updates to the general public on the results for eac round.

Sep-30-13  pinoymaster77: Unofficially, after 3 rounds eh early leader si GM John Paul 'Panjol' Gomez with SOLO lead at 9 points with 3 wins over GMs Laylo & Bitoon, saka na-default IM Senador yesterday am for rd2.

GM Joey pala eh magiging 8pts with 2 wins over youngsters NM Reyes & IM Pimentel, and a draw with GM Barcenilla.

The young GMs dabarkads mainly drew against each other when pitted early kaya wala sa leaderboard. GM Barbosa was also held to draw by IM-Elect Nava.

AFGM Eugene should have 4 pts from the 2 draws vs IMs Senador and Salcedo.

That's all can piece together from the various internet reports...

Sep-30-13  pinoymaster77: Uploaded Nil Maglas video at youtube on round 3 game between GMs Mac Paragua and Dar Laylo (drawn endgame) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_gf...

Oct-01-13  pinoymaster77: Hebigats yung Indon Open field, understandably with the USD 100K prize pot, daming SuperGMs > 2600 in the field
Oct-01-13  pinoymaster77: After 4 rounds, GM JP continues to lead with perfect 4/4 for 12pts, GM Joey at 2nd with 10pts. Dunno who's 3rd, it might be GM Banjo.

GM Mac fell to IM Senador in rd4.

Oct-01-13  spawn2: GM JP on fire! Waiting for GM Torre to heat up and rack back to back wins in the next two rounds.
Oct-01-13  pinoymaster77: From what I can piece together, going thru Nil's 3-round recap saka mga posts nya on round 4 results eh ganito sila :

GM JP Gomez 12 pts 4 wins
GM Antonio 10 pts 2 wins 2 draws
GM Barcenilla 9 pts 1 win 3 draws
IM Pimentel 8 pts 2 wins 1 draw
GM Barbosa 8 pts 4 draws
GM Laylo 7 pts 1 win 2 draws
GM Torre 6 pts 3 draws
GM Paragua 6 pts 3 draws
FM Nava 6 pts 3 draws

Oct-01-13  spawn2: After reading the article of Ed Andaya this morning, the Laylo - Paragua match which ended in a draw was the first game in the tournament to use the Pichay Torre Scoring System. GM Paragua stalemated GM Laylo to earn 1.5 points while the latter earned 0.5 point for his efforts.
Oct-01-13  lakers4sho: Why does a stalemate draw score less than a normal draw?
Oct-01-13  lakers4sho: Shouldn't it be like the Bilbao 3-1-0 football scoring with 1.5 given if the draw is a stalemate?
Oct-01-13  pinoymaster77: Mukhang the Journal article misinterprets every draw as earning 1.5 pts, kaya for example gmjoey has 9 pts from 2 wins and 2 draws...
Oct-01-13  pinoymaster77: If a 'normal' draw just gets 1 point (sounds more correct since the Torre scoring system intended to 'award more points' for a stalemate), then the standings could look like the ff :

GM JP Gomez 12 pts 4 wins
GM Antonio 8 pts 2 wins 2 draws
IM Pimentel 7pts 2 wins 1 draw
GM Barcenilla 6 pts 1 win 3 draws
GM Laylo 4.5 pts 1 win 1draw 1stalemate
GM Barbosa 4pts 4 draws
GM Paragua 3.5 pts 1 stalemate 2draws
GM Torre 3 pts 3 draws
FM Nava 3 pts 3 draws

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